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Al-Qassim power plant

Other power plant in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Approximate location 26.204, 44.016.

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Al-Qassim power plant is a 2,027 MW other power station in Al-Qassim, Saudi Arabia. It is operated by Saudi Electricity Co. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1,521,987 homes (estimated). It ranks #19 of 146 Saudi Arabia power plants by installed capacity. Its measured emissions of 4,860,700 t CO₂/yr (Climate TRACE) are equivalent to about 1,133,030 cars driven for a year. In context, the national grid averages 692 gCO₂/kWh (2.2% low-carbon) (2024).

2,027MW installed capacity
1,521,987homes powered (est.)
4,860,700t CO₂ / yr (Climate TRACE)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-6419.

4,860,700 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

1,133,030passenger cars driven for a year
633,894homes' yearly energy use
81,011,667tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions reported to Climate TRACE.

Capacity vs largest other plants in Saudi Arabia

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Saudi Electricity Co. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This other plant generates electricity for the grid. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 26.2°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

25.0°Cannual mean temp
340heating degree-days (base 18°C)
2,932cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
646 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 15 °CFM: 20 °CMA: 25 °CAM: 31 °CMJ: 34 °CJJ: 35 °CJA: 35 °CAS: 32 °CSO: 27 °CON: 20 °CND: 15 °CD35 °C

Heating degree-days here run 86% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 18/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest other power plant of 15 in Saudi Arabia by capacity.

Saudi Arabia has 15 other power plants in this dataset, together about 20,548 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 26.204, 44.016 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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